⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 24-13 off them- Won the second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to four
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 38
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 0:01 · LAL 30-22 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 7:46 · LAL 62-50 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 31 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
